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Microcharis tritoides

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Identification
Microcharis tritoides (Baker) Schrire [family LEGUMINOSAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Data not digitized, Indigofera sesquijuga Chiov. [family LEGUMINOSAE ] Verified by Data not digitized,
Related name
  • Microcharis tritoides
  • Indigofera sesquijuga

Flora

Entry for MICROCHARIS tritoides (Bak.) Schrire [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. Thulin (Acacia by M. Thulin, A. S. Hassan & B. T. Styles) [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
MICROCHARIS tritoides (Bak.) Schrire [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], (1992);. type: N1, “Golis Range”, “Dara-as”, Cole s.n. (K holo.).
Indigofera tritoides Bak. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], (1895);. type: N1, “Golis Range”, “Dara-as”, Cole s.n. (K holo.).
Indigofera tenuisiliqua Schweinf. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], (1896).
Information
Perennial, up to 0.5 m high, erect or decumbent, densely appressed silvery pubescent. Leaves digitately 3-foliolate or some leaves simple; petiole up to 10 mm long; leaflets linear to broadly obovate, up to 10–35 x 1.5–25 mm, silvery on both sides. Racemes up to c. 30-flowered, longer than the leaves; peduncle 5–30 mm long. Calyx 2–3.5 mm long, divided to the middle into narrowly triangular lobes. Stamens 3–5 mm long. Pod up to 25–45 x 2 mm, straight or upcurved, silvery, more than 14-seeded.

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